{"id":3233,"date":"2021-09-02T18:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/?page_id=3233"},"modified":"2021-09-30T13:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:28:49","slug":"women-in-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/women-in-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3233\" class=\"elementor elementor-3233\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35345390 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35345390\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec32205\" data-id=\"ec32205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42c02f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42c02f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.0 - 08-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Join the virtual panel WIE session to have the opportunity to meet women leaders from industry and academia at different stages of their careers. The speakers will share their experiences and distinctive career paths. During this session, we will also be discussing how to bridge the widening gap between women and men in Engineering in Latin America, especially with the unexpected challenges of the last two years. 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srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Danay-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Danay.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Danay Valenzuela Rodriguez<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><p>Medical Degree for General Medicine and Surgery from Universidad Aut\u00f3noma, Madrid, Spain and a post-doc Specialty on Echocardiography from Univ. Hosp. of Treviso, Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Linked to the industry, always within the Medical &amp; Research Ultrasound field, since more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment works full time within Philips Healthcare (Ultrasound Global Business Group), leading a vast geography that includes Europe &amp; Latin-America, as the responsible for Clinical &amp; Strategic Marketing, focusing on Echo-Cardiography solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Vast experience as a multi-lingual scientific &amp; industry speaker, on a variety of international congresses, conferences and clinical meetings; as well as a proven expertise on development and management of communication channels between technology applied to clinical practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t<article class=\"post-3364 presenters type-presenters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry presentation_type-wie dce-post dce-post-item dce-item-grid\" data-dce-post-id=\"3364\" data-dce-post-index=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dce-post-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dce-image-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_image elementor-repeater-item-44dba21\"><div class=\"dce-post-image\"><figure data-image-ratio=\"1.2\" class=\"dce-img\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--300x260.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Luciana Cabrelli\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--1536x1331.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--2048x1774.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--768x665.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Luciana-Cabrelli--1024x887.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Luciana Cabrelli<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><p>I\u2019m Luciana Cabrelli, I\u2019m 36 years old and I'm a bachelor in Medical Physics from Unifeb. I came to Ribeir\u00e3o Preto (a countryside city of Sao Paulo State) to start my graduation and I finished my Ph.D in the end of 2020 at USP (University of Sao Paulo). I\u2019ve been working with phantoms for image guided procedures, specially ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging, since my master (at 2013). I had an opportunity in 2019 to be part of Gphantom\u2019s team as a product developer, and that\u2019s my currently position.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t<article class=\"post-3361 presenters type-presenters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry presentation_type-wie dce-post dce-post-item dce-item-grid\" data-dce-post-id=\"3361\" data-dce-post-index=\"2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dce-post-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dce-image-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_image elementor-repeater-item-44dba21\"><div class=\"dce-post-image\"><figure data-image-ratio=\"1.2\" class=\"dce-img\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-300x300.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Andrea Pulido\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Andrea-Pulido.jpg 1782w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Andrea Pulido<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><p>Andrea Pulido was born in Bogota - Colombia; she holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering. Andrea developed a passion for the research field during her bachelor studies. So she decided to continue her studies with a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at Universidad Nacional de Colombia. After graduation, she moved into the business industry and started working as a Java developer for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in Biomedical Sciences at KU Leuven - Belgium in Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics unit. Her research focuses on cardiac motion estimation using echocardiography and deep learning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t<article class=\"post-3358 presenters type-presenters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry presentation_type-wie dce-post dce-post-item dce-item-grid\" data-dce-post-id=\"3358\" data-dce-post-index=\"3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dce-post-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dce-image-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_image elementor-repeater-item-44dba21\"><div class=\"dce-post-image\"><figure data-image-ratio=\"1.2\" class=\"dce-img\"><img width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-225x300.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Gabriela Torres\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Gabriela-Torres-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Gabriela Torres<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><div class=\"comment-viewer ng-star-inserted\">\n<div class=\"comment-viewer__body\" data-body=\"\">\n<p class=\"comment-viewer__txt-preview ng-star-inserted\">Gabriela Torres received a B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru, in 2015, and a Ph.D. degree from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the North Carolina State University, NC, USA, in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-viewer__txt-preview ng-star-inserted\">She received the UNC Graduate School Impact Award for her research on carotid plaque ultrasound in 2021, was a finalist in the IEEE IUS Student Paper Competition in 2019, and achieved first place in the IEEE EMBC Student Paper Competition in 2017. She also served as student representative in the IEEE UFFC Administrative Committee during 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-viewer__txt-preview ng-star-inserted\">She is currently a Senior Ultrasound Systems Engineer at Siemens Healthineers \u2013 Ultrasound Division, WA, USA. Her research interests include acoustic radiation force imaging methods and cardiovascular elasticity imaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"task-container ng-tns-c797-908 ng-star-inserted\" data-test=\"task-container\" data-task-id=\"1gb5h5c\">\n<div class=\"task-container__header-wrapper ng-tns-c797-908 ng-star-inserted\" data-test=\"task-container__header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"task-close__icon ng-tns-c797-908 icon\" data-test=\"task-close__icon\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"task-container__header cu-hidden-print ng-tns-c797-908 ng-star-inserted\">\n<p class=\"breadcrumbs main ng-star-inserted\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t<article class=\"post-3355 presenters type-presenters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry presentation_type-wie dce-post dce-post-item dce-item-grid\" data-dce-post-id=\"3355\" data-dce-post-index=\"4\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dce-post-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dce-image-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_image elementor-repeater-item-44dba21\"><div class=\"dce-post-image\"><figure data-image-ratio=\"1.2\" class=\"dce-img\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-300x199.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Ana B. Ramirez\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Ana-Ramirez-Silva-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Ana B. Ramirez<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><div class=\"comment-viewer ng-star-inserted\">\n<div class=\"comment-viewer__body\" data-body=\"\">\n<p class=\"comment-viewer__txt-preview ng-star-inserted\">Ana B. Ramirez received the B.E.E degree from the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS), Colombia; and the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Delaware, USA. She is currently Full Professor of the Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering department at Universidad Industrial de Santander, in Colombia. Her fields of interest include acoustic signal processing applied to medical and geophysical data. Her active fields of research are full waveform inversion of medical and geophysical data, and compressive sensing and sparse signal processing. She has published more than 20 papers in the areas of interest. Also, she has led several research projects funded by UIS, Colciencias, Ecopetrol and the US Research Army Lab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\n\t\t<article class=\"post-3352 presenters type-presenters status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry presentation_type-wie dce-post dce-post-item dce-item-grid\" data-dce-post-id=\"3352\" data-dce-post-index=\"5\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"dce-post-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"dce-image-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_image elementor-repeater-item-44dba21\"><div class=\"dce-post-image\"><figure data-image-ratio=\"1.2\" class=\"dce-img\"><img width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Carolina_Carrascal-200x300.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Carolina Amador Carrascal\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Carolina_Carrascal-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Carolina_Carrascal-768x1151.jpg 768w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Carolina_Carrascal-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/2021.ieee-laus.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2021\/09\/Carolina_Carrascal.jpg 1001w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"dce-content-area dce-item-area\"><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_title elementor-repeater-item-20fc5cb\"><h3 class=\"dce-post-title\">Carolina Amador Carrascal<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"dce-item dce-item_content elementor-repeater-item-1ecddef\"><div class=\"dce-post-content\"><p>[Espa\u00f1ol]<\/p>\n<p>Carolina recibi\u00f3 su t\u00edtulo profesional en Ingenier\u00eda Biom\u00e9dica en la Escuela de Ingenier\u00eda de Antioquia, Medell\u00edn, Colombia, en 2006 y su Ph.D. en Ciencias Biom\u00e9dicas en Mayo Clinic College of Medicine en Rochester, MN, USA en 2011. En el 2014 recibi\u00f3 el titulo de Profesora Asistente de Ingenier\u00eda Biom\u00e9dica e Investigadora Asociada en el Departamento de Fisiolog\u00eda e Ingenier\u00eda Biom\u00e9dica de Mayo Clinic College of Medicine en Rochester, MN, USA. En 2017, se une a Philips Research North America como Cient\u00edfica Senior en el departamento de Innovaci\u00f3n de Ultrasonido. En el curso de su carrera cient\u00edfica de 15 a\u00f1os, ha contribuido como autora de 20+ publicaciones indexadas, 2 cap\u00edtulos de libros y 3 patentes en Estados Unidos. Actualmente, es Directora Asociada del departamento de desarrollo de evidencia cl\u00ednico-econ\u00f3mica para el grupo de equipos m\u00e9dicos de Emergencia y Reanimaci\u00f3n en Philips North America. Carolina fue reconocida en el 2017 por el MIT Technology Review como una de las innovadoras menores de 35 a\u00f1os en Latino Am\u00e9rica y recibi\u00f3 un reconocimiento especial como Pionera del a\u00f1o por sus contribuciones en el \u00e1rea de la estandarizaci\u00f3n del m\u00e9todo no-invasivo de ultrasonido para diagnosticar fibrosis hep\u00e1tica.<\/p>\n<p>[English]<\/p>\n<p>Carolina received her professional degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Escuela de Ingenier\u00eda de Antioquia, Medell\u00edn, Colombia, in 2006 and her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, USA in 2011. In 2014 she received the title of Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Research Associate in the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, MN, USA. In 2017, she joined Philips Research North America as a Senior Scientist in the Ultrasound Innovation Department. Over the course of her 15-year scientific career, she has contributed as the author of 20+ peer-reviewed publications, 2 book chapters, and 3 patents in the United States. Currently, she is Associate Director of the clinical development department of the Emergency Care business group at Philips North America. Carolina was recognized in 2017 by the MIT Technology Review as one of the innovators under 35 years of age in Latin America and received a special recognition as Pioneer of the year for her contributions in the area of standardization of the non-invasive method of ultrasound to diagnose liver fibrosis.<\/p>\n<p>Link MIT-Innovators: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovatorsunder35.com\/the-list\/carolina-amador\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.innovatorsunder35.com\/the-list\/carolina-amador\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Link TEDx: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/carolina_amador_carrascal_como_el_sonido_ayuda_al_diagnostico_de_enfermedades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/carolina_amador_carrascal_como_el_sonido_ayuda_al_diagnostico_de_enfermedades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/caroamaca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/caroamaca\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the virtual panel WIE session to have the opportunity to meet women leaders from industry and academia at different stages of their careers. 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